The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council installed a number of new checkpoints, and deployed its forces extensively in the streets and neighborhoods of the city of Aden, coinciding with the intensification of battles with the Yemen Army forces in the governorate of Abyan.
Local sources said that units affiliated with the security belt forces of the Transitional Council and the emergency forces of the Aden Security Department have strengthened their presence at the entrances of the districts and at major road intersections, and new checkpoints have been installed.
The sources added that the deployment process was reinforced by dozens of armored vehicles and weapons.
